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Post by Stormm on Jan 2, 2015 12:48:12 GMT -5
Welp, it's officially 2015, and since I've created the reading list thread the last year or two, I figure, why the Hell not continue with the tradition here?
I did a little more reading in 2014 than I did in 2013, but not near as much as I had hoped. Lots of pages to try and read this year, but without a clear release date on book six of a Song of Ice and Fire, I still have some time to try and catch up here.
But anyway, here's my list for 2015!
1.) A Song of Ice and Fire A Storm of Swords (George R. R. Martin) [Currently Reading] This was a Christmas present from last year, along with A Clash of Kings (which I finished) but I hardly started this one, so I'll probably just flip back to page 1 and start it over again this year. It's the biggest of the SoIaF books to this point, so this one WILL take me a while.
2.) A Song of Ice and Fire A Feast for Crows (George R. R. Martin) The first of two books that I received for Christmas 2014, and I'm hoping to at least get this one started this year, but with as big as A Storm of Swords is, this may be on my 2016 reading list as well.
3.) A Song of Ice and Fire A Dance with Dragons (George R. R. Martin) The second of two books that I received for Christmas 2014, this one is a pipe dream to get started by the end of the year, but you never know what wild hair I may get in the next 12 months, but chances are, this goes onto my 2016 reading list as well.
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Post by Non Compos Mentis on Jan 3, 2015 7:20:29 GMT -5
I seriously need to start reading again, I haven't read any books for a few months now. I was half way through The Running Man by Stephen King and drifted off from it.
Not sure if I want to finish that or move on to something new. I've got an eye of Anansi Boys by Neil Gaiman and The Forever War by Joe Haldeman.
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Post by Eira on Jan 4, 2015 14:49:43 GMT -5
So the SoIaF books I had expected to be done with in 2014, being as I inherited a weird (but very useful) quirk from my mother of having a "resting reading rate" of about 600wpm without losing comprehension. With that said, I haven't been able to find the TIME. And by not able to find the time, I mean I've been spending more of my free time gaming than reading since I am FAR less annoyed when interrupted mid-game than I am when interrupted while immersed in a book. So here are my starter reading goals for 2015.
A Song of Ice and Fire: A Clash of Kings - George R.R. Martin
A Song of Ice and Fire: A Storm of Swords - George R. R. Martin
A Song of Ice and Fire: A Feast for Crows - George R. R. Martin
A Song of Ice and Fire: A Dance with Dragons - George R. R. Martin
The Prince Lestat - Anne Rice
Eternal Vigilance: From Deep Within the Earth - Gabrielle Faust
Eternal Vigilance: The Death of Illusions - Gabrielle Faust
Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain - Betty Edwards (on and off throughout the next couple months)
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Post by Grimm on Jan 4, 2015 18:02:31 GMT -5
The only book I'm listing as TO READ is the new Neil Gaiman short story collection that comes out in February. Everything else will be books I, you know, actually read as the year progresses.
EDIT: The books of 2015
The Minotaur Takes a Cigarette Break: Steven Sherrill
The Angel of Losses: Stephanie Feldman
What We Talk About When We Talk About God: Rob Bell
Mr. Tall: Tony Earley
Trigger Warning: Neil Gaiman
Something Rich and Strange: Ron Rash
Love Wins: Rob Bell
A Nice Little Place on the North Side: George F. Will
Necessary Evil: Ian Tregillis
Bicycles: Nikki Giovanni
Stardust: Neil Gaiman
The Last Unicorn: Peter S. Beagle
The Search for God and Guinness: Stephen Mansfield
The Black Snow: Paul Lynch
The Vorrh: B. Catling
Haints Stay: Colin Winnette
The Secret History of the World: Mark Booth
The Vikings: Neil Oliver
The Mechanical: Ian Tregillis
Thomas Merton (Seeking Paradise: The Spirit of the Shakers) -edited by Paul M. Pearson
Red: A History of the Redhead-Jacky Colliss Harvey
Voices in the Night: Steven Millhauser
The Quadrivium: edited by John Martineau
The Halloween Tree: Ray Bradbury
The Graveyard Book: Neil Gaiman
The Snowflake: Kenneth Libbrecht
The Art of Slow Writing: Louise DeSalvo
The Thackery T. Lambshead Cabinet of Curiosities: Edited by Ann & Jeff VanderMeer
Big Fish: Daniel Wallace
Enchanted Night: Steven Millhauser
Something Wicked This Way Comes: Ray Bradbury
Under Majordomo Minor: Patrick deWitt
The Man Who Was Thursday: G K Chesterton
Ghosts Along the Cumberland: William Lynwood Montell
Station Eleven: Emily St. John Mandel
Blood Meridian: Cormac McCarrthy
Glyph: Percival Everett
The Wake: Paul Kingsnorth
A Christmas Story: Jean Shepherd
A Christmas Carol: Charles Dickens
The Further Adventures of Ebenezer Scrooge: Charlie Lovett
Christmas: Philosophy for Everyone - edited by Scott C. Lowe
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Post by Non Compos Mentis on Jan 4, 2015 19:26:26 GMT -5
The only book I'm listing as TO READ is the new Neil Gaiman short story collection that comes out in February. Everything else will be books I, you know, actually read as the year progresses. Ooooooooo... must put that one down as a 'MUST READ' too.
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Post by Joka on Jan 7, 2015 16:01:16 GMT -5
This year... in honor of the Battle Of The Five Armies coming out and being (probably) the last movie based on anything having to do with J.R.R Tolkien, I'll be rereading a bunch of J.R.R. Tolkien and reading some I haven't read yet. First on my list is the quintessential read for anyone wanting to delve into Middle Earth.
The Silmarillion
For those that don't know... this is pretty much the history book for Middle Earth, going so far back that it details what happened before there was even elves or men.
If you want a "kinda" short rundown of the Silmarillion... then watch this video and just keep watching all the videos after it.
Or if you want an even shorter version of that... here is The Silmarillion in 3 minutes. Although he just covers the very beginning.
Next up in mah order of reading is The Adventures of Tom Bombadil and Unfinished Tales. What is left to reread after that? Well of course... if I was going with some kind of kooky chronological order I'd go...
The Hobbit The Fellowship of The Ring The Two Towers The Return of The King
Then after that I might try to read The History of Middle Earth.
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Post by Grimm on Apr 1, 2015 12:23:17 GMT -5
BUMP, so I won't have to hunt for this for a while.
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Post by Sadistic on Apr 2, 2015 7:26:42 GMT -5
Goal for 2015:
Digest more R.L. Stine than my body can handle.
After that, who knows? Maybe I'll trounce the Encyclopedia Brown series. Anyone know any good choose your own adventure books?
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Post by Deleted on Apr 2, 2015 7:56:58 GMT -5
Just have the last part of Dance with Dragons to read, which I will most likely do whilst waiting to get into Download in June.
As for the rest of the year, I have a Dark Tower series that has been recommended to me
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Post by Gem on Apr 8, 2015 15:22:46 GMT -5
Brooklyn House of Mirth A Winter's Tale The Hours Mrs. Dalloway Hamlet (again) Maggie: Girl of the Streets Daisy Miller As You Wish
Storm of Swords is by far the best of the ASOIAF series, at least in my opinion. I had to skim parts of Feast For Crows, because I couldn't give a single fuck about the Ironborn. Dance had its highs and lows, but was very strong. The stage is set for everything to (finally) start being brought together, though we will likely know through HBO before Mr. Martin.
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Post by Stormm on Apr 9, 2015 10:12:34 GMT -5
Well, still waiting on Winds of Winter, and he has a Dream of Spring yet to start on as well, unless they can drag out the 4th and 5th books for a few seasons, there's no chance of GRRM finishing the series before the show get's there. Honestly, though, since books 4 and 5 are both set at the same time, just with a load more charactes, I could see the next couple of seasons (at least) cover both books, or at least I hope so. If they try to cram both books into a single season, it might not flow as smoothly as it has in the past. I could be wrong, though.
And GRRM has already stated he knows how it ends, and will end it in the books how he wants, and is fully aware that the show may deviate a bit.
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Post by Non Compos Mentis on Apr 11, 2015 6:31:04 GMT -5
Anyone else read The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August? I absolutely loved it, a really creative and original story. I'd recommend the shit out of it.
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Post by Cory Steel on Apr 14, 2015 13:46:27 GMT -5
Artemis Fowl
All the Harry Potter's again
It's actually getting close for me to begin the Dark Tower booms again, I try at least once a year...
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Post by Gem on Apr 22, 2015 23:53:25 GMT -5
God, just finished The Price of a Child. I shouldn't read stuff like that before writing an RP.
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Post by Stormm on Apr 24, 2015 19:06:26 GMT -5
I've had very little time to read so far this year, and when I'm not working, participating in some kind of sporting activity, or playing videos games, I've been writing (either RPs/segs for PCW or putting more time into ideas and such for my book(s)).
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Post by Grimm on Jun 17, 2015 11:37:07 GMT -5
Bump, for ease of locating.
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Post by Sadistic on Jun 17, 2015 19:47:43 GMT -5
Where in THE HELL is the RL Stine?!
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Post by A Ghost in the Wind on Jun 17, 2015 20:15:17 GMT -5
Where in THE HELL is the RL Stine?! I loved the Goosebumps books (especially the Choose Your Own Scares) and the Fear Street books. In school, we use to have this thing called RIF come through and provide books for students for free and thats where I got most of the books from.
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Post by Sadistic on Jun 17, 2015 21:31:02 GMT -5
Aw, man. I used to get DOWN on some Stine! The choose your own adventure ones were awesome. Better than videogames.
Okay, not that good.
Well, maybe better than that old game Dan used to play when he was a kid. What was it called?
Oh. Right. A calculator!
Oh! Oh ho ho ho ho!
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Post by Mr. Showtime on Jun 18, 2015 8:04:31 GMT -5
Oh Zing!
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